Bilateral pheochromocytoma: presentation of a case

Authors

  • Yuniel Arocha Molina Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy. Matanzas.
  • Yanet Acosta Piedra Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy. Matanzas.
  • Blanca Piedra Herrera Hospital Provincial Clínico-Quirúrgico Docente José R. López Tabrane. Matanzas.
  • Teresa Suárez Díaz Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy. Matanzas.
  • Ketty Madruga Vázquez Hospital Militar Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy. Matanzas.

Keywords:

pheochromocytoma, hypertension, chromaffin cells, case reports, humans, male, adult.

Abstract

The pheochromocytoma as a cause of secondary arterial hypertension has low incidence. The most frequent age of presentation is between 30 and 50 years old. It can have dominant autosomyc hereditary character. Its clinical manifestation does not depend on the topography or the size of the tumor. It can debut with serious complications. We present the case of a patient aged 32, whose hypertensive father died at the age of 38, without specified cause. The patient entered the hospital for the debut of a paroxysmal hypertension. By means of ultrasound and on-line axial tomography there were found bilateral suprarenal tumors compatible with pheochromocytoma and the patient dies four days after entering the hospital by acute lung edema, during a hypertensive emergency. It was proven, for pathologic anatomy, the diagnosis so much macroscopic as microscopic, of pheochromocytoma.

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Published

2011-03-15

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Arocha Molina Y, Acosta Piedra Y, Piedra Herrera B, Suárez Díaz T, Madruga Vázquez K. Bilateral pheochromocytoma: presentation of a case. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2011 Mar. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];33(2):238-43. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/812

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Presentation of cases

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